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Who was your Man of the Match today?

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Of course, many will say give him what he wants, likely to include a budget bigger than might sit comfortably with those counting the costs with Premier League parachute money running out. Warnock has a track record that probably demands a bigger wage than others out there, too.

But this is what you get. You get a fan-base who can identify with the effort and demands for commitment, you get a team who work for each other and are crystal clear in their understanding of what is expected of them. You get results that are a match for anyone over the past few months.

And while there is an element of getting what you see from this Ronseal manager, you can't paint over the facts that it earns results in this division.

Besides, Cardiff have seen their fair share of organised, functional football without the added excitement Warnock brings and the best he is bringing out of players who, ultimately, have the quality in them that just wasn't being seen.

Players look reborn, showing confidence, courage and honesty about their games not seen in a long time. Fans are seeing it. That's what you get.

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Kadeem Harris grabbed his third Cardiff goal of the week when he curled in the 11 minute opener before Junior Hoilett coolly finished for the game's second in first-half injury time after a poor back-pass.

It was a nothing first-half, but this was supposed to be a game that they would have to scrap it out in. Pundits predicted as much, fans were talking about gladly taking 1-0 wins before kick-off and even Warnock had cited this as being their toughest test of a week containing games at Leeds and Derby.

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Then there is Zohore, the Danish enigma who looked set to be added to the long list of transfer flops at this club not so long ago. He lashed home the game's fourth and then lofted home the fifth, reward for another bustling performance that is, Warnock says, a result of “listening to what I tell him.”

That's what you get with Warnock.

Cue the chants of his name, from the visiting end too with Rotherham fans still appreciative of how he saved the Millers last term. Warnock joked that he has had his name sung from all four corners of a ground before, but normally in abuse rather than in adulation.

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But that's what Warnock has got here, with beaten boss – and former colleague – Paul Warne saying: “He wants another promotion and the team play a style that collects points. The fans are behind him and if he has the full support of everybody – with the owners the most important – he knows more than anyone on the planet how to get out of the Championship.”

Which the points since his arrival obviously suggest. Warnock won't admit safety until they reach 50 points, but that's only five points away now.

Besides, the fans aren't thinking about staying up, they're thinking of moving forward under Warnock, building towards being a team and a club they can take pride in once more, if they're not already. If the club's hierarchy didn't know beforehand, they just had to listen at the final whistle to realise it.